"Idiots and lunatics"

[fantastic_jackie]

I was reading through the Texas Constitution tonight and ran across a part that has since been superceded by the U.S. Constitution. The particular section states:

ARTICLE VI.

Suffrage.

Section 1. The following classes of persons shall not be allowed to vote in this State, to wit:

First -- Persons under twenty-one years of age.

Second -- Idiots and lunatics.

XDDDDDD

I'm not entirely sure how they expected to enforce that, but okay historic fellow Texan buddies! *giggles some more*

Comments

[mrstater.livejournal.com]

Wow. Think the Texas Constitution needs to update its language much?

[xxdesert-rose.livejournal.com]

Hey... Whatever happened to that long post you were supposed to write about? The really long lengthy political post you told me about? *taps foot like Sonic the Hedgehog* Ohhh! I'm terrible though! Do you remember the link you sent me a while back? It was about a story I think? And I think you were the only one reading it?